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Six factors predict 1-year survival after TAVR

Posted on: 02/05/2014 - 19:45

WASHINGTON – Patient gender was the only factor that significantly affected stroke risk during the first year following transcatheter aortic valve replacement, according to an analysis of data from...

Field of Interest: Cardiology
Type: News Item

CDC: Policy changes could prevent 100,000 deaths a year

Posted on: 01/05/2014 - 19:30

About one-third of heart disease deaths and one-fifth of cancer deaths could be prevented if overall U.S. death rates were the same as those in the states with the lowest rates, the Centers for...

Field of Interest: Oncology
Type: News Item

Vitamin D deficiency predicts aggressive prostate cancer

Posted on: 01/05/2014 - 05:05

Among African American men with abnormal prostate-specific antigen levels or abnormal findings on digital rectal examination of the prostate, biopsies are more likely to detect prostate cancer in...

Field of Interest: Oncology
Type: News Item

Liver transplant exceptions deserve fresh look

Posted on: 01/05/2014 - 05:01

Room air hypoxemia was associated with greater post–liver transplant mortality in hepatopulmonary syndrome patients, according to Dr. David S. Goldberg and his colleagues. On the other hand, HPS...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...
Type: News Item

Anti-TNFs equal in Crohn’s disease

Posted on: 01/05/2014 - 05:01

There is no significant difference between infliximab and adalimumab in Crohn’s disease, reported Dr. Mark T. Osterman and his colleagues in the May 1 issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...
Type: News Item

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